Children’s Academy & Learning Center 3rd Anniversary Celebration Feb 22, 2015

Dear Friends, ( Kreyòl Ayisyen anba ) I am writing to invite you to Haiti Partners Children’s Academy and Learning Center’s 3rd Anniversary Celebration. When: Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 3 pm Where: Baocia (Commune of Petion-Ville) two miles beyond Marlique GPS Coordinates:   18°29’31.37”N 72°15’7.85″W On Google Maps: http://goo.gl/maps/L0aAt We hope you can join us! WOZO Youth Choir will sing and […]

Gauging Impact: 5 Years Later

Five years after the earthquake, people want to know: What impact did the aid that went to Haiti have? How were our donations used to help Haiti recover and move forward? In this infographic, you’ll see  some highlights of the work that your support made possible in the 5 years since the earthquake. Haiti Partners is committed to accountability. […]

Schools Program Quarterly Report – Fall 2014

The fall 2014 quarter – September through November – has been an exciting one in our Schools Program! For example: Children’s Academy doubled its enrollment Babou – the social business bakery – launched and started baking and selling quality bread right in Baocia over 5800 parent volunteer hours were clocked with advice from our close partners, […]

Focusing on Values at the Children’s Academy and Learning Center

Haiti Partners staff and board has benefitted tremendously from our work with Barrett Values Centre and our involvement with WorldBlu. We believe that a clear vision, mission and values is indeed key to keeping an organization vibrant and effective. To learn more about Haiti Partners’ core values along with our mission and vision statements, which all emerged from […]

Celebrate education this #GivingTuesday with a matching gift!

Take a moment, close your eyes, and imagine your life without education. Think about your ability to read, write, and reason. At Haiti Partners we believe education changes everything. And for today, #GivingTuesday, our friends at the Briggs & Stratton Corporation are helping us provide education to more students in Haiti. Give your gift today and Briggs & […]

Observations on the Quality of Teaching at the Children’s Academy

Oct 24, 2014 Recently Haiti Partners had the pleasure of hosting Camilla Kasalas, an experienced teacher from the US. During her time with us, Camilla made some very thoughtful and helpful observations on the quality of instruction taking place in our kindergarten classroom. With her permission, we’re sharing these observations here for those who wish to […]

Schools Program Quarterly Report

In our ongoing effort to increase accountability in our work, this month we will begin posting quarterly reports for our Schools program on our website. Though this will be more information than many require – this level of information is typically only requested by foundations and major givers – we want to be sure that […]

Christa wins the world paraclimbing championship!

September 15, 2014 Congratulations to friend and colleague, Christa Brelsford, on winning the women’s world paraclimbing championship this weekend! Christa – who lost her right leg below the knee in the 2010 Haiti earthquake – has been a real inspiration to all of us at Haiti Partners. Both through surviving the trauma of the earthquake itself, […]

13th Annual Open Space Meeting

On June 27th and 28th, 2014, our Haiti-wide annual Open Space meeting took place. We’re pleased to say that even after 13 years, interest in this democratic approach to conducting meetings has not abated. This year, despite relocating the event to Dabon, Leogane, which is farther from the capital, there were over 50 participants, many of […]